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Housing crisis costing Australia $64bn: Aware

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... apartments, which will include affordable essential worker housing. Stewart said the fund is pleased with the federal and state government's response but said more must be done and called for policy change. "We are absolutely calling for policy changes ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Former insurance adviser John Durant has been banned by the regulator for three years after he was found to have told clients to deposit insurance premiums directly into his personal account. Durant is prohibited from providing financial services, controlling ...

Provide Capital ordered to produce documents

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... last year, after concerns were raised that it breached both the Corporations Act 2001 and the ASIC Act. Court documents state that the alleged breach was connected to Provide's offering of investment opportunities to members of the public from 26 ...

Future Fund slapped with new disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
The Future Fund Board of Guardians will be forced to periodically disclose the investment holdings of the $250 billion sovereign wealth fund. Under the new reporting regime introduced by minister for finance Katy Gallagher, additional information must ...

GESB debuts first sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... ESG option, managed by Pendal. The Sustainable Balanced investment plan was made available to members of GESB Super, West State Super and Retirement Income Allocated Pension members on September 27. "At GESB, we're committed to responsibly managing ...

Franklin Templeton overhauls distribution leadership

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2023
... before moving to co-head of APAC last August. Before his start at the asset manager, he held senior roles at Colonial First State, Commonwealth Bank, and ING. As a result of Harrison's transition, Ahmad's responsibilities have been expanded ...

Super tax break changes open for consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
Treasury's clampdown on tax concessions for superannuation balances greater than $3 million has been laid out in its draft legislation and is now opened for consultation. From 2025-26, the proposed law states that for members with total superannuation ...

Goldman Sachs appoints head of equity capital markets

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
Goldman Sachs has named Aaron Lamshed as its new head of equity capital markets (ECM) in Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), as Ian Taylor steps down from the role. Lamshed joined the investment giant in 2014 as an executive director and was named managing ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... to 77% for North American respondents. Meanwhile, in the APAC region, 55% of respondents expressed apprehensions over the state of the residential real estate market. Amid a volatile macroeconomic environment and a growing emphasis on private markets ...

Rainmaker names ESG leader super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... Aware Super, CareSuper, Cbus Super, GESB Superannuation, HESTA, Hostplus, NGS Super, Prime Super, Rest Super, Spirit Super, State Super (NSW), TelstraSuper and UniSuper were all acknowledged for their performance. For a super fund to be considered an ...